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The Case for Reparations in Tulsa, Oklahoma
(Washington, DC, May 13, 2021) – State and local authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma should provide reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, when a white mob killed several hundred black people and destroyed a prosperous black neighborhood. They should promptly develop and carry out a comprehensive reparations plan, in close consultation with the local community, to address the harm caused by the massacre and its lasting impact.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will hold a hearing, Continuing Injustice: The Centennial of the Tulsa-Greenwood Race Massacre, on May 19, 2021, ahead of the Tulsa Race Massacre’s centennial. The 9:30 a.m. ET hearing will examine the legacy of the massacre, remedies for the continuing harm, and the connection to the current crisis of police violence and systemic racism experienced by Black communities across the country.
The virtual hearing will stream live here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVvv3JRCVQAl6ovogDum4hA
The last known living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre – 106-year-old Lessie Benningfield “Mother” Randle, 107-year-old Viola “Mother” Fletcher, and 100-year-old Hughes Van Ellis – will testify at the hearing.
Also slated to testify is Tulsa native Dreisen Heath, a racial justice researcher and advocate in the US program at Human Rights Watch. In May 2020, Human Rights Watch published Heath’s groundbreaking report that documented the impact of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the systemic racism that followed, and called for reparations.
Read the report: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/29/case-reparations-tulsa-oklahoma
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